Monthly average air pollution models using geographically weighted regression in Europe from 2000 to 2019 (Publications)
of the monthly GWR models across months and years (5-fold CV R(2): 0.31-0.66 for NO(2), 0.4-0.79 for O(3), 0.4-0.78 for PM(10), 0.46-0.87 for PM(2.5)). Monthly GWR models slightly outperformed monthly-adjusted [...] model were generally moderate to high (Pearson correlation > 0.6). However, in specific regions and months, the correlations were lower (0.4-0.6) for O(3), PM(10), and PM(2.5). In conclusion, we are the
Women deprivation index and family planning utilisation in urban geography of West African countries (Publications)
ve utilisation decreases by 0.27 among the moderately deprived (ss = -0.27, SE = 0.05, p < 0.01) and by 0.75 among the severely deprived women (ss = -0.75, SE = 0.05, p < 0.01) compared with those with [...] , with variations across the countries. Similarly, the log-odds of LARC utilisation decreases by 0.44-0.72 among the severely deprived women compared with those with no/low deprivation across the countries [...] and the severely deprived consistently have relatively low contraceptive...
Association between different domains of physical activity and markers of inflammation (Publications)
relationship with higher levels of work (Ptrend = 0.038), transportation (Ptrend = 0.025), leisure time (Ptrend = 0.013), and summary physical activity (Ptrend < 0.001). This relationship was still observed after [...] transportation (Ptrend = 0.031), leisure time (Ptrend = 0.016), and summary physical activity (Ptrend < 0.001), whereas CRP was inversely related with the summary activity (Ptrend = 0.003) in the fully adjusted [...] interactions between summary physical activity and smoking...
Effect of school based physical activity programme (KISS) on fitness and adiposity in primary schoolchildren: cluster randomised controlled trial (Publications)
sum of four skinfolds (-0.12, 95 % confidence interval -0.21 to -0.03; P=0.009). Likewise, their z scores for aerobic fitness increased more favourably (0.17, 0.01 to 0.32; P=0.04), as did those for m [...] RESULTS: 498 children completed the baseline and follow-up assessments (mean age 6.9 (SD 0.3) years for first grade, 11.1 (0.5) years for fifth grade). After adjustment for grade, sex, baseline values, and clustering [...] moderate-vigorous physical activity in school (1.19, 0.78 to 1.60; P
Safety and efficacy of C-reactive protein-guided antibiotic use to treat acute respiratory infections in Tanzanian children: a planned subgroup... (Publications)
-1.9%, -3.7% - -0.1%; risk ratio [RR] 0.60, 0.370.98). 2.3% (20/865) of children in the intervention versus 40.4% (345/854) in the control arm received antibiotics at D0 (RR 0.06, 0.040.09). There were [...] were fewer secondary hospitalizations and deaths in the CRP arm: 0.5% (4/865) versus 1.5% (13/854, RR 0.30, 0.100.93). Conclusions: CRP testing using a high cut-off, combined with two respiratory signs into [...] antibiotic prescription at D0, secondary hospitalization or death by D30....
Monthly average air pollution models using geographically weighted regression in Europe from 2000 to 2019 (Publications)
of the monthly GWR models across months and years (5-fold CV R(2): 0.31-0.66 for NO(2), 0.4-0.79 for O(3), 0.4-0.78 for PM(10), 0.46-0.87 for PM(2.5)). Monthly GWR models slightly outperformed monthly-adjusted [...] model were generally moderate to high (Pearson correlation > 0.6). However, in specific regions and months, the correlations were lower (0.4-0.6) for O(3), PM(10), and PM(2.5). In conclusion, we are the
Women deprivation index and family planning utilisation in urban geography of West African countries (Publications)
ve utilisation decreases by 0.27 among the moderately deprived (ss = -0.27, SE = 0.05, p < 0.01) and by 0.75 among the severely deprived women (ss = -0.75, SE = 0.05, p < 0.01) compared with those with [...] , with variations across the countries. Similarly, the log-odds of LARC utilisation decreases by 0.44-0.72 among the severely deprived women compared with those with no/low deprivation across the countries [...] and the severely deprived consistently have relatively low contraceptive...
Association between different domains of physical activity and markers of inflammation (Publications)
relationship with higher levels of work (Ptrend = 0.038), transportation (Ptrend = 0.025), leisure time (Ptrend = 0.013), and summary physical activity (Ptrend < 0.001). This relationship was still observed after [...] transportation (Ptrend = 0.031), leisure time (Ptrend = 0.016), and summary physical activity (Ptrend < 0.001), whereas CRP was inversely related with the summary activity (Ptrend = 0.003) in the fully adjusted [...] interactions between summary physical activity and smoking...
Effect of school based physical activity programme (KISS) on fitness and adiposity in primary schoolchildren: cluster randomised controlled trial (Publications)
sum of four skinfolds (-0.12, 95 % confidence interval -0.21 to -0.03; P=0.009). Likewise, their z scores for aerobic fitness increased more favourably (0.17, 0.01 to 0.32; P=0.04), as did those for m [...] RESULTS: 498 children completed the baseline and follow-up assessments (mean age 6.9 (SD 0.3) years for first grade, 11.1 (0.5) years for fifth grade). After adjustment for grade, sex, baseline values, and clustering [...] moderate-vigorous physical activity in school (1.19, 0.78 to 1.60; P
Safety and efficacy of C-reactive protein-guided antibiotic use to treat acute respiratory infections in Tanzanian children: a planned subgroup... (Publications)
-1.9%, -3.7% - -0.1%; risk ratio [RR] 0.60, 0.370.98). 2.3% (20/865) of children in the intervention versus 40.4% (345/854) in the control arm received antibiotics at D0 (RR 0.06, 0.040.09). There were [...] were fewer secondary hospitalizations and deaths in the CRP arm: 0.5% (4/865) versus 1.5% (13/854, RR 0.30, 0.100.93). Conclusions: CRP testing using a high cut-off, combined with two respiratory signs into [...] antibiotic prescription at D0, secondary hospitalization or death by D30....
